Astilbe Delft Lace PP 19839 Cestrum Lest we forget

Lest we forget

The new foliage of this elegant form of Helleborus x sternii (argutifolius x lividus) emerges at the top of the 1' tall stems and is speckled white with a pink overlay as the new growth emerges

although in warm winter climates

topped in midsummer with a 40" scape of very large

Sarcococca x confusa is one of the toughest

Astilbe Delft Lace PP 19839 Cestrum Lest we forgetAstilbe 'Delft Lace' is a superb astilbe that first appeared in 1998 in a Dutch astilbe field as an open pollinated seedling and subsequently selected by nurseryman Henricus Holtmaat. Astilbe 'Delft Lace' forms a 26" tall x 16" wide vigorous clump of bright red sturdy stems, clothed in lacy dark green foliage edged in red (during cool temperatures) and topped, in spring, with spikes of salmon red buds that open as lightly fragrant pink flowers.